Search America's historic newspapers from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

About Historical Newspapers

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The Chicago Tribune (1849-1989) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Full page and article images with searchable full textThe collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.See ProQuest Digital Microfilm for digitized microfilm from 2008 to about three months from the present.

Access full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue in 1851. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue from 1851-2014.

A subset of the America's Historical Newspapers Collection from Readex, which includes African American newspapers from around the United States, including the New Orleans Daily Creole, New Orleans Tribune, Weekly Louisianian and the Weekly Pelican.

Search for events, people or ideas and see how they have been described over time. Also see a historical overview of the results by browsing a timeline.Includes content from a number of sources. Results may include content that is freely accessible as well as content that requires a fee.

Full text of this American political magazine from 1857 to 1912. Features foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays, humor, and illustrations. Extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including illustrations. Includes artwork of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast.

Includes rare journals printed between 1685 and 1815, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Many are ephemeral, lasting only for a handful of issues, others run for several years. Topics covered include: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the French and American revolutions; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; and London coffee house gossip and discussion.

A fully searchable collection of historical newspapers from around the globe. Created in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries, contains the America's Historical Newspapers and Latin American Newspapers collections.